Isn't there a point one reaches in life where it's obvious a god cannot exist?

Question

I mean, with much research in the scientific field explaining many phenomena, wouldn't continuing to believe in a god be mere ignorance?

Answer 1

I'd rather say that with scientific research many RELIGIONS are being proved wrong. We keep getting more scientific evidence that contradicts religions and as many see it, prove them to be false. That doesn't necessarily mean that god cannot exist, it just means we haven't figured it out yet whether there is a god or what god is like.

In my opinion thinking of old books as "the truth" is ignorance when there is evidence that proves they are wrong about so many things, but like I'm sure you've seen a lot of people dismiss any evidence whatsoever and close their eyes and ears to reality so they can hang on to their religion that has been taught to them as the only truth. THAT is ignorance, but apparantly ignorance is a bliss.

Believing that there is a god isn't necessarily ignorance, it's just a different world view and we can't prove them wrong any more than they can prove us wrong.

I'm an atheist myself by the way.

Answer 2

dude, its the other way around, not acknowledng God is the ignorance. have u actually gone thru the Quran and read bout the phenomenas explained 1400years ago (i think bout 10 million other persons have highlighted this, and i will do so again!)the scientific field was late in discovering the most basic aspect of science, like the embriology (however its spelt), bout the atoms, particles, bout the layers in the sky, bout the world not being flat, bout the ratio of the earth and water. there will be no point in my life that my God will not exist. there are too many things and miracles and phenomenas that actually point out to Him.

Answer 3

Only if the sole purpose of God's existence in one's thinking is to explain away phenomena... in which case, I'd say the person's idea of God's purpose in his/her life is much too small, mercenary or perhaps just unauthentic.

But if it is true that there are issues which only belong in a philosophy classroom and not a science classroom, then I'd also say that science alone has absolutely nothing to say about the existence of God, so no matter how much technology progresses, the scientist is in no position to really speculate on a matter that is beyond his area of expertise.

Finally, because of this supposed chasm between science and philosophy, there are issues which are important to all humanity which science is simply unable to address. Concepts of value, how we can justify our belief that a thing is objectively wrong, whether the fact that we can even detect evil is meaningful... these are things which make it more obvious to me that a God does exist than that atheism is true. It just seems to me that if there are indeed such things as objective good and evil, that theism is more obviously true than atheism.... and that the only way one can say that atheism is more obviously true on this score is if the atheist shuts off their thinking in terms of whether one can know moral values objectively, and begins to think skeptically that any such thing as "right" and "wrong" even exists or is knowable, but I find that to be a rather desperate (if not dangerous) move.

Answer 4

It is very obvious that he does not exist. People tend to dismiss their own Bible and make excuses for the many flaws in it. A flawed Bible means a flawed definition of God. It is only a logical conclusion that their Bible is not from the hand of God. Upon further deductive thinking it makes sense that no God defined thus far by man is real.

The truth hurts though, as will be noticed in the number of disapproval's this message will generate.

Answer 5

How does learning more about the world around us negate the existence of God? What kind of logic is that?

Spiritual knowledge is based upon spiritual experiences. No increase in knowledge of any kind is going to make a person's spiritual experiences 'un-happen'.

And how can science or anything prove a negative? How many places did you look for God before you decided to say that you can prove He doesn't exist? Isn't it really true that all you can say for certain that YOU haven't found Him? Isn't that the area of your ignorance?

You are putting yourself in a position of implying Omniscience by saying that you know all there is to know about the universe and you can say there is no God. Except, apparently, you.

Answer 6

If there is a God with infinite power, infinite compassion and infinite mercy, then this world would be a better place. For those people who say that Man has messed up, what sort of parent would you be if you let your kids walk straight across the road and die?

Answer 7

Nope.

Mere ignorance is when one questions the good sense in believing in anything which can't necessarily be proved.

For example, if you believe that there are stars and worlds beyond the viewing range of our technology does it make belief in those stars and worlds mere ignorance?

Answer 8

A belief in a God does not imply that you share the beliefs that many popular religious groups have. You can believe in a God and still believe in evolution, the Big Bang, etc.; in fact, science's goals are concerned with what is in our world, not what is outside of it. Many of our Founding Fathers were "Deists" who believed in God and science.

Answer 9

ROFLMAO
there is a piont that one CAN reach that they do not exist! But God no!

Answer 10

yes

but i guess for some it feels better to have a plan.

Something to believe in instead of non existence.